Tag-feeder for tag-wiring machines.



No. 841,079. PATENTE JAN. 8, 1907. J. J. ENGLERT. TAG-BEEDER FOR TAG WIRING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.12.1906.

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TAG-FEEDER FOB TAQ -wiRiNG MACHlNES,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Original application filed September 15, 1905, Serial No, 278,662. Divided and this application filed February 12 1906.

Serial No. 300,663.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, JosEPH J ENGLERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 1101s, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tag-Feeders for-Tag-Wiring Ma chines, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention is a division of the 1nvention disclosed in my pending application, Se-

rial No. 278,662, filed September 15, 1905,0n a tag-wiring machine.

' The present invention relates to the means I for feeding the tags to this machine which vided for feeding reinforce Means are wires the same. particularly protags.that is, tags with a reinforcement around the hole.

Said tags are separated and fed one at a time from the bottom of the magazine.-

The machine comprises a slide or tag carrier which takes a tag at each forward movement, a separation of the lowest tag in the magazine being effected, as will more fully appear from the following description and the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the machine, showing the tagfeeding devices, other parts being l i-oken away. Fi 2 is a top plan view ofthe same, parts also being broken away. Flg. 3 is an end elevation with parts of the machine broken away. Figs. 4 and 5 are details in .plan and'section of a presser device forming part of the feeding-magazine. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the tag-feeding devices, the parts being in position where the bottom tag in the magazine has been separated to be engaged by the carrier which is ready to move forward an d carry the tag to the wiring devices. Fig. 7 is a section and elevation on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail in section of tile front end of the tag feeder or carrier.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail of the blades for for several of the parts to operate through.

Supporting this table are legs 10". The

main drive-shaft 13 is mounted in bearings on suitable brackets or parts of. the frame. Mounted upon this shaft is an eccentric 14 for moving a slide which feeds each tag forward into a position. for the wiring action. The shaft also has as eccentric 15 for actuating a device which allows but one tag at a time to be moved by the feedslide.

The feeding devices are constructed as fol lows: 23 is a smalltable attached to the top of the main frame and projecting outwardly the eccentric 14 is an adjustable connecting rod 14*. The slotted crank 24 permits the stroke or reciprocating distance of the plate 24 to be regulated, while the set of the eccentric 14 on the shaft allows the movement of the plate 24 to be regulated. to accord with the movements of parts of the other devices.

Mounted on the table-top 23 are four vertical corner-pieces or guideways 25 25 and 25 25. These guldewa s form a magazine or chute 25, into which t 1e u-nwired tags are placed. The guidcways 25 are mounted adjustably on a rod 25, attached to brackets 25. The guideways 25 are also adjustable by means of a clamp 25 which secures a foot of each of the guideways to the tabletop 23*. Thus thechute may be made to adapt itself to various-sized tags.

26 is a vertical rod or post attached near its lower end to the rod 25. This post serves as a guide upon which a weight 26 slides, the said weight resting on the tags. This post also serves as a guide for the ends of tags having their corners cut away. The lower end of the post consists of a thinmetal strip 26*, so as to permit the pivoted feed-blades to pass same.

.27 and 28 are separating-blades pivoted to the table-top 23 of the machine. Normally these blades stay in the position shown in Fig. 2 and are intended for the purpose of separating the lowest tag, so that only pne maining onesabove.

tag at a time can be taken forward by the carrier or plate 24.

Referring to the tag, (which is indicated by X,) as is an eyelet in same, as w are reinforcements to strengthen the eyelet, and Y is the wire inserted and twisted. These reinforcements ac cause the tags when piled up before they are wired to have a slight s ace be tween each other, so that when the lades or fingers are actuated so as to assume their for ward position the said blades insert their.

points between the-lowest tag and the re- These blades also tend to hold the bottom tag in aproper or even osition, so as to be readily engaged by the carrier 24 inits forward movement. The second blade 28 is engaged by a small stud 29 as it reaches the end of its movement, andthis causes the blade to rise slightly, so as to prevent the next or second tag from following the bottom tag when it passes through the openings at the bottom of the guidewa sor from getting stuzk in same;

The b ades 27 and 28 are each pivoted at 28* at one side of the-table. The blade 28 has a small spring 28", which causes the blade to resume a slightly lower position after it returns off the stud 29. 28 represents connecting-bars attached to the bladesand to a head 28 mountedion a tilting bracket and lever device 23 and this i provided with-an arm 28 from which a connecting-rod is attached to the eccentric 15 on main shaft. The movement of this eccentric swings the lever 28 and operates the blades 27 2'8.

30 is an adjustable block projecting slightly above the table and upon which the reinforced ends of the tags rest. This resting-block is to place the tags in a proper position to be engaged by-the separating or feeding blades-27 -28.' This adjustable block has a set-screw 30 -heneath the table.

31 is a bar pivoted at 31" to the table. 31 is a spring to keep the bar in a retracted position. 31 is a stop. The front end of this bar has a beveled block or wedge 31".

31 is an adjusting member for re ulating the movement of the-bar 31. It is fastened to the bar by a screw at one end, and by loosening the screw it can be turned in or out a little to vary the stroke of the bar.

31 is a bell-crank or lever, and 31* is a connecting-bar from same to the movable blade- 28: The movement of this blade causes the bar 31 to move forward by the lever 31 striking the member 31", and the wedge then enters ahd raises the upper tags above thebottom one at one side, so as to further enable the forward lips of the carrier or plate 24 to enga e the bottom tag. The lower side ofthe block 31 also presses on the lowest tag, so as to hold it while the said lips of the carrier engage the tag. The movement of this bar into said position occurs before the carrier enters under the tag-ch ute.

The carrier or feed-plate 24 has a transverse groove or recess 24 on the forward end of said plate, so as to provide two lips or flanges 24 and 24, which engage the side edge of the tag X and carry it to the wiring device, which automatically inserts the wire through the eyelet in .the tag. A particular and especial feature of these fingers is that the lower one 24, which is preferably rounded on its edge, is s uare or at right angles to thesidesof the p ate 24, while the upper flange 24 is diagonal thereto or beveled, as at 24 These two flanges provide the groove-24 which engages thetag. The upper flange may consist of a removable plate. The object of making the flange 24? 7 thus is that the said flange or lip works in gradually between the bottom tag and the upper one. Thus if the wedge 31 opens but a small space between the two tags this diagonal or beveled flange will=work its way in nicely, and so carry the tag along.

32 and 33 refer to friction guides or pressesin front of the chute and are for keeping the tags uniformly in the. proper direction or alinement before theyreach the wiring-point. At one side of the table 23. is placed the presser 32, which consists of a longitudinal bar 32, which is secured to a lateral arm 32 pivoted on a bracket 32, and is provided with a spring and set-screw 32 for adjusting the pressure of the bar 32 On. the oppo site side of the table is a pivoted arm 33, having a bar 33*, which bears down on one of the ends of a tag and acts in conjunction with the presser 32, which bears on the-opposite end of the tag. These presser-bars pro vide a certain amount of friction and prevent the tags from twistin getting out of place w e being fed to the wiring device.

The bar 33 extends at 33* in' the form-ofa jaw beyond the table-top 23 to near the wire-chucks, .A. pivotal bar 37 Eprovided with a spring 37, keeps'the bar 33 downL about or otherwise i The bar 37 also carries the tension device 37. 33, attached to the table 23 and pressed by bar 38 and sprin 38. The jaws 33 and 33 form a pair 0% tag while the wire is being inserted through same.

When the carrier 24 reaches the forward end of its stroke, the tag is shovedover a nippers, which hold the Beneath the part 33 is a similar jaw 1 15.

stop or beveled part 34, which acts as a.

stripper and prevents the tag fromfollowing the carrier 24 when it recedes into a position to carry forward another tag. The stop 34 has an incline, over which the tag rides on its advance, terminating in a shoulder behind which the tag finally drops. Attached at the end of the table-top 23 is a grooved strip 23 which engages and holds the Wil'n' ing and of the tagwhile it is being fed bea position to be wired. It will tozkeep the tag from to owing the backward wiring device operates.

nation, a ma movement of-the carrier and as a ositive check to kee the tag from going bac but it does not ho d, the tag horizontally while the This is, accomplished, however, by the nippers 33 and 33 and the grooved bar 23.

I claim 1. Ina tag-wiring mac 'ne, feeding mech-f anism comprising a table, a ma az'inethereon in which the tags are piled, bla es, ivoted' on the table beside" the magazine an arm ed to swing into the same in a plane paralle to,

the table-top, between the lowest tag and the.

next above, and a sliding carrier movable un- 2. In atag-feeding mechanism, in combiazine in which the tags are piled, a vertical a justable block'in the bottom of themagazine, to regulate theposition of the lowest tag, means to separate the lowest ta from those above, and means to carry sai lowest tag therefrom. 3. In a ta -feedin'g nation, a tab e, a ma tags are piled, va bla' ev meehanisnn-in combi ivoted to the table and arrangedto swing orizontally into the plane parallel to the bottom tag and those sli ht lifting magazine 1n a thereof, between the lowest above, means to ivetheblade a motion, to free t e lowest tag, and

azine thereonin which I a sliding carrier movable across the bottom of-the magazine and arranged to carry. said tag therefrom.-

4. In a tag-feeding machine, in combination, a table, a magazine thereon, a blade movable into the magazine, between the low;

est tag and those above, a stud projecting upwardly from the table in the path of the blade and up which the blade rides after it enters between the tags, to free the lowest tag from those above, and a sliding carrier movable under the blade and constructed to carry-a tag from the magazine.

5. In a tag-feeding mechanism, incombination, a magazlne in which tags are piled,

and a earrier plate slidable under the magazine and having a groove in its front edge, the

edge above the groove being inclined later-' ally, to present a corner in advance at one side, adapted toenter between the lowesttag and'those above. 6. In a ta feeding mechanism, in combination, a tab e, a magazine thereon inflwhich tags are piled, a carrier movable thereunder and adapted to remove the lowest tag, and a lever ivoted to the-table-top and swinging 'in'a p ane parallel to said ,top and having a wedge movable in between the said tag and those above, the carrier to enga esaid ta a I In testimony w ereof laiave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

. JOSEPH 'J nneLsnr. Witnesses; NELL E 'FELTSKOG,

H. G. BATQHELOR.

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